Re-evaluation of the endocranial volume of the Guattari 1 Neandertal specimen (Monte Circeo)

Author(s)
Wolfgang Recheis, Roberto Macchiarelli, Horst Seidler, David S Weaver, Katrin Schäfer, Luca Bondioli, Gerhard Weber, Dieter Zur Nedden
Abstract

The endocranial capacity of Guattari 1 originally was estimated by Sergi1as approximately 1.550 cm3. Using three different approaches, a physical endocast, a stereolithographic model, and a virtual endocast, we have estimated the endocranial capacity of Guattari 1 as approximately 1.350 cm3. This paper explains our revision of the estimated endocranial volume of Guattari 1, provides a cautionary case concerning other estimates of endocranial volume, and demonstrates and encourages the use of recent advances in imaging, modeling, and analysis of endocranial volume.

Organisation(s)
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Geography and Regional Research
External organisation(s)
Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico „Luigi Pigorini“, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Journal
Collegium Antropologicum
Volume
23
Pages
397-405
No. of pages
9
ISSN
0350-6134
Publication date
1999
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
1060 Biology
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/e178e8d8-d53d-4ef9-92ae-fb4be0f6e685